The color toolbar lets you change the colors for the map as a whole and for individual objects. If you hover the mouse cursor over one of the color buttons, AutoREALM will tell you the button's purpose. For any of the color buttons, clicking on the button will open a color palette. Choose the color you want, or pick Custom to select a color not on the palette. Some buttons (i.e. fill color and outline color) allow selection of No Color if you want that color to be invisible. No color is shown with an "X" (the fourth button from the left in the picture).

When you select an object, the color buttons change to reflect that object's colors. New objects are added with the current button colors. And if you change the color buttons while objects are selected, those objects will be changed to the new colors.

From left to right, the buttons are:

Main Color The color of lines, icons, and text. The outline color of a filled region.

Fill Color The color of filled regions. To fill a region, right-click while adding a polyline or polycurve, and select Create Closed Figure, or select a polyline or polycurve and choose Transform | Close Selected Figures from the menu. If set to No Color, a closed area will not be filled.

Fill Pattern The fill pattern for a filled region. The two colors used in the pattern are the Main color and the Fill color.

Text Outline Color The outline color for text or icons. If set to No Color, the text will not have an outline.

Background Color The map's background color.

Grid Color The grid line color.